DS Twilight House

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Not to be confused with Twilight Town or Twilight City.
Twilight House
Screenshot of Twilight House in Mario Kart DS
Mario Kart DS
Twilight House.png
Mario Kart Wii
View of DS Twilight House
Mario Kart Tour
Information
Appears in Mario Kart DS (2005)
Mario Kart Wii (2008)
Mario Kart Tour (2022)
Cup(s) Battle Mode
Tour(s)
Online play Was never available (DS)
No longer available (Wii)
Music sample
Mario Kart DS

Mario Kart Wii

Mario Kart Tour
Course map
Mario Kart DS
Twilight House map
Mario Kart DS

Mario Kart Wii
The course map for DS Twilight House from Mario Kart Wii.
Mario Kart Tour
DS Twilight House from Mario Kart Tour

Twilight House is a battle course debuting in Mario Kart DS which takes place in and around a house located at the center of a forest during twilight, floating above a dark void. It also made appearances as a retro battle course in Mario Kart Wii and in Mario Kart Tour.

Mario Kart DS[edit]

Twilight House is a battle course modeled after a 3x3 square grid in layout, featuring eight wide rooms surrounded by a narrow balcony in addition to an inaccessible center. The center, eastern and southeastern rooms make up the actual house, with a connected roof and three Item Boxes inside. A good majority of these rooms are set outdoors, fenced off by brick walls with different openings leading to the balcony or to other rooms. These rooms also contain item boxes with the exception of the northeastern room. Finally, the northwestern room features a spacious, castle-like structure with entrances fitted with traditional portcullises.

As mentioned before, the entire course is surrounded by a narrow balcony, which has the risk of making players fall into the void should they not be careful. Its four corners feature small square-shaped areas, each of which features an Item Box. Notably, a dark Shine Sprite motif can be seen throughout this track, both on the archway designs and as emblems decorating some of the track's walls; the latter is much more prominent on the northwestern room which features large, dark Shine Sprite emblems above its entrances.

In Shine Runners, there are eight possible spawning locations for the Shine Sprites. Four of these are located in rooms on each corner of the battle course, while four more are located on the center portions of each side of the narrow balcony.

Missions[edit]

There is one mission that takes place on Twilight House:

  • Mission 3-8: The player controls Mario, who must collect 20 coins scattered throughout the course within 65 seconds. During this mission, there are both barriers and Bananas all over the map, so the player has to plan their route.

Mario Kart Wii[edit]

Twilight House returns in Mario Kart Wii with graphical changes, including ambient lighting, better shading, and remixed music. The biggest change is that a thick forest filled with trees (similar to Moonview Highway) was added below the course where players can fall into, with tall pillars now holding the entire course up.

Tournaments[edit]

Bowser competes in a Twilight House tournament

July 2008's second tournament required players to complete a GP race on a version of Twilight House that has been turned into a race track: Players must drive five laps clockwise through the eight rooms (excluding the centermost room), with barriers blocking off the outer balcony edges. Controls were restricted to Wii Wheel users only. The tournament was later repeated as the second tournament of July 2010.

Mario Kart Tour[edit]

Twilight House reappears in Mario Kart Tour debuting in the 2022 Halloween Tour. The course has received a notable graphical overhaul - the rooftops are now a shade of maroon, the castle design has been made present throughout most of the track, and the dark Shine Sprite motif has been removed (with a more generic star design on the castle itself). Several of the rooftops have been removed to accommodate the battle mechanic for eliminated players in Mario Kart Tour, allowing them to throw items at the remaining players. A Rocky Wrench now appears in the course's northern, eastern, southern, and western rooms, replacing the Item Boxes there, while the north-western room has cyan lighting instead of orange like the rest of the rooms. A wall surrounding the entire course has also been added, allowing projectiles to rebound off of the course's boundaries, and the four corner platforms have been removed. Like other battle courses in this game, Twilight House uses SNES Battle Course 1's music from Mario Kart 8 Deluxe instead of its Mario Kart Wii arrangement. However, its original song is still present in the files of Mario Kart Tour.

Using a Super Leaf, it was possible to fly onto the roof of the house bouncing off of a Rocky Wrench.[1] This bug was fixed in the 2022 Autumn Tour.

Appearances[edit]

For this course's tour appearances, see List of DS Twilight House tour appearances in Mario Kart Tour.

Top-tier and middle-tier items[edit]

The following are the drivers, karts, and gliders for which is always a favored or favorite course. For instances in which additional drivers, karts, and gliders temporarily had this course as a favored or favorite course, see List of tour appearances in Mario Kart Tour.

Course Three-item drivers Bonus points ×2 karts Combo bonus ×3 gliders Two-item drivers Bonus points ×1.5 karts Combo bonus ×2 gliders
DS Twilight House from Mario Kart Tour
Normal variant
Birdo (Black)Black Mii Racing SuitBowser Jr. (Pirate)Fire RosalinaFish Bone Mii Racing SuitKamekKing Boo (Gold)King Boo (Luigi's Mansion)Light Green Mii Racing SuitMario (Halloween)Mario (Santa)MeowserPauline (Cowgirl)Peach (Halloween)Purple Mii Racing SuitRosalina (Halloween)Shy Guy (Gold)Tanooki MarioWaluigi (Vampire)Yoshi (Reindeer) Black CircuitBlack Jingle BellBlack Turbo BirdoBlue Crawly KartClanky KartCrawly KartDark BuggyDark Hop RodDark TricksterGilded KingGold TricksterInferno FlyerMagma BroomPurple Rattle BuggyQueen BeeRed Vampire FlyerSilver Bullet BlasterStreetleSunset CloudTanooki KartTricksterVampire FlyerWild Black 8-Bit Fire Flower8-Bit GoombaBlack Cat ParafoilBlack Great SailBlack Toe-Bean BalloonsBowser HanafudaBullet Bill ParachuteCandlelight FlightGold MeteorsMeteor BalloonsNabbit Oilpaper UmbrellaRainbow Fare FlierRainy BalloonsSilver Candlelight FlightSpider GliderSunset BalloonsTanooki ParafoilVampire WingsWicked Wings Black YoshiChargin' Chuck (Gold)Dry BowserDry Bowser (Gold)Ice MarioKing Bob-omb (Gold)King Bob-omb Mii Racing SuitLudwig Mii Racing SuitPetey Piranha (Gold)Rosalina (Aurora)Santa Mii Racing SuitShy Guy (Ninja)Waluigi Mii Racing SuitWario (Hiker)Wario Mii Racing Suit Armored RiderBlack B DasherBlack Kabuki DasherClassic B Dasher Mk. 2Comet TailGold CometGold Pumpkin KartHead HonchoIce-blue PoltergustKamek's Zoom BroomKoopa KingMach 8-RPirate Sushi RacerPumpkin KartRainbow Pipe BuggyRed Crawly KartSilver KingStar BroomTiger Bruiser Boo HanafudaBullet Bill HanafudaDream GliderDry Bowser UmbrellaFestival WingsGold SwooperGold Tanooki ParafoilGold UmbrellaLava RocksMagic ParasolManta GliderNinja ScrollSwooperTreasure Map
WaluigiWario Blue Turbo Yoshi Black Shy GuyBlue Shy GuyGreen Toad (Pit Crew)Ice BroKing BooPurple Koopa (Freerunning) Blue Turbo BirdoDark ClownFlame FlyerKoopa Clown Bob-omb ParafoilLightning OilpaperOilpaper Umbrella
Dry Bones Blue BiddybuggyBullet BlasterLandshipPipe Buggy Piranha Plant Parafoil
* indicates a favored course upgraded to a favorite course after reaching level 3.
** indicates a favored course upgraded to a favorite course after reaching level 6.
*** indicates a favored course upgraded to a favorite course after reaching level 8 for High-End items.

Profiles[edit]

Mario Kart Wii[edit]

  • European website: Weave in and out of a spooky house, taking care to stay away from the edge as you battle against the backdrop of a spooky red sky.

Gallery[edit]

Mario Kart DS[edit]

Mario Kart Wii[edit]

Mario Kart Tour[edit]

Course icons[edit]

Screenshots[edit]

Additional names[edit]

Internal names[edit]

Game File Name Meaning

Mario Kart DS mini_stage2 Mini stage 2
Mario Kart Wii old_House_ds Old House DS; one of two course file names in Mario Kart Wii to feature capital letters, the other being GCN Cookie Land

Names in other languages[edit]

Language Name Meaning Notes
Japanese ゆうやみハウス[?]
Yūyami Hausu
Twilight House
Chinese 薄暮之家[?]
Bómù Zhī Jiā
Twilight House
French Maison de l'Aube[?] House of Dawn
German Finstervilla[?] Dark Mansion
Italian Casa Crepuscolare
Casa crepuscolare
[?]
Twilight House prior to Mario Kart Tour
Korean 어두컴COME![?]
EodukeomKEOM!
Pun on "어두컴컴" (eodukeomkeom, "darkness") and "come"
Portuguese Casa Crepuscular[?] Twilight House
Spanish Casa Crepuscular[?] Twilight House

References[edit]

  1. ^ Burrato (October 20, 2022). Exploring the top of Twilight house with a glitch! Reddit. Retrieved November 8, 2022.